Pentagon Wants to Send F-35s to Russia’s Doorstep

SputnikNews.com
18.07.2016

The Pentagon apparently plans to deploy the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II to the Baltic region to take part in NATO’s air-policing mission in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. This step, if approved, would likely receive a cold welcome in Moscow that has repeatedly voiced concern over the bloc’s massive military buildup close to Russia’s borders.

The initiative was unveiled on July 13. Air Combat Command (ACC) Commander General Herbert Carlisle told the US House Armed Services Committee that he “would like” the F-35 jets “do some Baltic air policing” as soon as the fifth generation stealth multirole fighter becomes operational. He added that it could happen in the near future.

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